Facebook's new acquisition will make it much easier even for amateur live broadcasters to add interactive effects on their videos. The social network has snapped up a startup called Vidpresso*, which offers clients access to a technology that allows them to display polls, comments and other elements from Facebook, Twitter, Periscope and other social networks on the screen. Vidpresso's employees will apparently join Facebook's offices in Menlo Park, London and LA while continuing to provide clients like BuzzFeed and Nasdaq access to their services.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2018-- Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Facebook, Inc. from April 25, 2018 ...

Despite the tiny drop in its daily active users last quarter, Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and Snap stock have many strong, positive catalysts. The number of daily active users of Snap’s website, Snapchat, inched down 2% in the second quarter, compared with the first quarter. Snap blamed the quarter-over-quarter decline on an ongoing redesign of its website, meant to improve the experience of those who visit the site on Android devices.

While some investors were bailing on technology stocks, fearing a bubble could be forming, others were leaning in. Another season of so-called 13F portfolio disclosures, filings that give investors a peek into stock portfolios, shows that Jana Partners picked up new positions in social media giant Facebook (FB), Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), and Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) in the second quarter. The New York-based hedge fund bought more than 650,000 shares of Facebook, about 44,000 shares of Alphabet, and some 439,000 shares of Alibaba. The firm could have changed its position in these stocks between the end of June and now—Facebook's shares were on a tear before turning radioactive late July—but their second-quarter conviction presents an interesting question to investors: to buy or not to buy tech.

MARKET PULSE Apple Inc. (aapl) is hiring engineers who could work on a custom chip designed for health applications, according to CNBC. The report cites job postings from the last few months and seeks engineers and ASIC architects.

Khosrowshahi hired Olsen, a former general counsel of the U.S. National Security Agency, in November following a breach in 2016 that exposed the data of some 57 million users of the ride-sharing service.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2018-- The Klein Law Firm announces that class action complaints have been filed on behalf of shareholders of the following companies. If you suffered a loss you have until the lead ...

Twitter Inc.’s ( TWTR) stock may get a lot of attention because of presidential tweets, but beyond being a preferred venue for Donald Trump, it’s become an “irreplaceable” part of the global dialogue and should reward investors going forward. “This past week, Elon Musk announced the potential for the largest LBO ever on Twitter, and while people were debating the quality of the financing, no one was debating the medium of the news—Twitter,” wrote Citron in a research report.